The Irish standard., 1887-06-18
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dred feet beneath the earth's surface.
A MUSICAL instrument recently revived
through its discovery among the ruins of
Pompeii is known as the t'ocarina," and its
existence is said to date back seven teen
hundred years.
A FRENCH writer upon matters pertain
ing to the time Of Napoleon gives the mum
Der Of Frenchmen slaughtered within the
boundaries of ancient France as ], zoo, ,000
with the addition Of 100000 from without
those limits.
EUROPE with all islands belonging to 1t
has a super6cies Of 8, 900 square miles.
The area of the main body Of the continent
rs about q 6e, 600 square miles, that of the
penfnsular proje ctions about $50, ,000. and
that Of the islands nearly 200, 900 square
miles.
For nine months recently ended, SIS, 600,
coo of various kinds Of money entered in.
to circulation in the United States. This
was the increase in the amount already il
circulation. This is good INDIGESTION Of
increased activity in the industries and
trade of the country.
In proof of the theory that feathers art
a non-conductor of electricity the follow
ing is related: During recent thunder
storm lightning struck and shivered to the
base tree, at the foot of which crouched
goose in apparent unconcern. Although
the ground was much disturbed about her,
the goose received no visible injury.
It is reported that the Queen Of Den.
mark has become very deaf and is thus de
barred from her much-loved music. Her
Majesty devotes much time to needleworA
and writing. She is strictly seclusive to.
wards those not Of her family and is much
attached to her son Prince Waldemar, in
compliment to whom she had naval en-
blems tattooed upon her arm
A RARE sight was witnessed the other
day at the ST. Louis Stock Yards. A car.
load of goats shipped from the Southwest
for disposal wherever possible 1t turned
out that the goat market was not very
clamorous and the odorterous shipment
remained dead weight on the hands of
the owners This is about the only case
we know of in which these animals were
stripped in such quantity.
A QUEER ceremony was. one day recent
ly, gone through with out in Dakota. A
rock bearing striking resemblance to a
young squaw which has been worshiped
by the Sioux Indians for years, and which
was thought by the white settlers to pos
sess restraining influence over the In
ence of five thousand highly pleased abo-
strange mixture of Christian and Pagan
rites.
TIE frothy substance which is often
found on grain, and popularly Known as
''frog-spittle," has no connection with
that animal. It is caused by little insect
which secrets viscid, transparent fluid
with which he is completely covered. 70
enable him to breathe, he reaches out a
pair Of legs, and incaosing little bubble
of air, brings it down, and afterward al
lows it 10 escape into the liquid. After a
while the numerous bubbles convert it
completely into froth or q substance resem-
bling saliva.
AN account is given Of a recent attempt
by band Of robbers to pillage small
town on the Mexican border, in which the
marauders were circumvented and dis
posed of in a singular manner. The rob-
bers approached the town by water, leav-
ing their boats on the river bank. While
they engaged In their nefarious work a
few fishermen bored holes in the bottoms
of their boats and stopped them up with
mud which, as soon as the outlaws had
again got ahoat, melted out and left them
struggling in the water. Some we're
drowned and the others were set upon by
the fishermen and overpoWened, and their
plunder recovered.
AN extraordinary case of suspended ami
nation is reported from Thenelles, town
in France. The subject is young woman,
twenty-five years of age, and since the Goth
of May, 1883, she has been continuously in
state of deep sleep. She has been exam
ined by physicians and specialists num-
ber of times, and recently by a select COIN
mittee, and from their observations it was
learned that her sleep resembled a lethar-
gic torpor, in which her respiration was
normal. and her pulse; although feeble,
was found to be rapid-about 100 pulsa-
tions minute. The Resse de pHypnotisns,
which has a long article concerning this
case, considers the patient an hysterical
epileptic, thrown into condition resem-
bling that period of hypnotism which is
designated lethargic sleep.
THERE is at the present time urgent
need of inventions in the following lines:
Macaroni machinery. good red lead pen
ellis, typewriters that will work on ac-
count books and record books, indelible
stamp-canceAing ink, practical car
starter, good railway-car ventilator, bet
ter horseshoes, locomotive headlights, an
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wind currents, apparatus for measuring
the depth Of the sea without sounding by
line, plano.lld hinge which shall be flush
on the outside, good fluid India ink for
draughtsmen, good metallic railway tie,
an effective cutoff for locomotives, a
method of alloying copper and iron, and a
molding material for iron and brass cast
ing capable of giving mold that can be
H2e0 over and over AGAIN.
A NOTABLE Belgian gives as the result of
much study and observation the following
informaion: A man attains his maximum
weight about his fortieth year, and begins
to lose it toward his sixtieth year. A
woman, however, does not attain her
maximum weight until her fftieth year.
The weight Of persons Of the same age in
different classes of society also differs.
In the affluent classes the average maxi
mum weight is one hundred and fifty -four
pounds, and is attained at fifty years of
age. In the artisan class it is one hundred
and dfty-four pounds, attained at forty.
Among the laborers it is one hundred and
seventy-one pounds, attained at sixty. In
the general classes it is one hundred and
sixty-four pounds, and it is reached be-
tween forty and fifty years of age.
LONG before the city of New Orleans
passed out of the control Of the French
thrilling and tragic incident occurred